coeval
Plural: coevals
Noun
- A person or thing that is of the same age or era.
- a person of nearly the same age as another
- Something of the same era.
- Somebody of the same age.
Adjective Satellite
- of the same period
Adj
- Of the same age or era; contemporary.
Examples
- Anything coeval with that clock will fetch a hefty price!
- The Baralaba Coal Measures are coeval with the Bandana Formation.
- The telephone and television are coevals in that film.
- The two Scrabble champions, both veterans, considered each other coevals in their skill.
Origin / Etymology
From Late Latin coaevus, from Latin con- (“equal”) + aevum (“age”).
Synonyms
coetaneous, contemporaneous, contemporary, coeval, cotemporal, cotemporaneous
Scrabble Score: 11
coeval: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordcoeval: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
coeval: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 14
coeval: valid Words With Friends Word